Notes for girls traveling alone: Is it safe for girls to travel alone?

Bian Xiao is a person who will never travel alone, because Bian Xiao thinks such a trip is very boring, but this is only Bian Xiao's personal opinion. There are still many friends who still want to travel alone, so what are they?

Pay attention to my "street unannounced visit" (in fact, I just threw a sentence in a single older female WeChat group that often hangs out together. "Do you think girls are worried about traveling alone?"

), coupled with my personal worries before traveling alone for the first time, summed up the following points, asking the old people to give a hand, hang a leak, hang a leak ~

1 security (itself &; From family)

No one took pictures.

No one shared the cost.

4 language barriers, unable to communicate

Lonely, no one immediately shares happiness or has no motivation to go out.

1. Security: What you are afraid of is not traveling alone, but facing the unknown alone.

Safety may be everyone's biggest problem. Among them, sometimes even if you are not afraid of "death", your family will be full of worries and become a golden rope for you to take a step and start a solo trip.

The consideration of security is divided into three aspects-being robbed of money, being robbed of color, and being attacked by terrorists who have recently joined the security series.

First of all, let me take your hand and say, never go to places with obvious terrorist attacks, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, because visas are really difficult to handle! ~

Excluding the last point, now imagine:

Are you afraid to go out to work alone?

Are you afraid to work and live alone in a city far from home?

Stealing and sexual harassment in the subway can happen anywhere, but what's wrong with those destinations? ! (The destination threw away the blame angrily)

In other words, imagine this scene again: I was born and raised in Beijing and asked a friend who was born and raised in Guangzhou, "Is it dangerous in your place?" Friends in Guangzhou may say:

This is the case in Guangzhou, Cuba and other places.

2. Photo problem: Maybe your traveling companion doesn't want to take pictures of you all the time.

Everyone spends the same money to come out to play, and I also want to see more local customs;

Oh, my dear Monica, I'm really not the travel team you hired;

In fact, you pose so many poses in front of the camera, which is not very nice;

All of the above may be the inner OS of fellow travelers.

But there is nothing wrong with girls going out to take pictures, so my solution is to ask those passing tourists with professional cameras to take some pictures for me.

Of course, if you and your best friend are really good friends who love to take pictures of each other, please ignore this paragraph.

There is no one to share the cost, which is really a problem.

Just like everything in the world is never perfect, the biggest problem of traveling alone is this.

So, we should face up to this problem ~

But if you think that the fun of traveling alone can completely offset the extra cost of booking a hotel and eating, then this problem is solved.

4. Will you blame me for the language barrier?

Please recite the words;

Please practice hand-drawn games more often;

Let's learn stick figure well.

Language is really never the biggest problem.

Even if you go to a primitive tribe (except cannibalism), I believe you can make it clear whether you want to eat or go to the toilet.

5. Loneliness

If you always need the company of friends, maybe you will miss more interesting company.

When you laugh with your friends in the street, you may have missed the whole world.

As for wanting someone to share the joy at any time. .....

Thanks to friends circle! Thanks for buzzing! Thanks to Instagram!

Let us share the happiness of traveling anytime and anywhere ~ _ (●` ω`●)? .

The beauty here is that I want to give six examples (not six walnuts) with what happened to me.

At the same time, these six examples are exactly what I want to tell you about the beauty of traveling alone:

1. It is easier to deeply feel the most important place in your heart.

20 13 is my first time to travel abroad alone, and my destination is Japan, which I have been thinking about for five years.

2. It's easier to blend in with local people.

In Croatia, it was because a person wandered around the old city that he was lucky enough to be invited to a local grandfather's birthday party. At the old railway station in Rijeka, I received flowers from strangers.

3. You can change your itinerary freely and flexibly.

Without any plans, this Spring Festival, I came to Bangladesh, the "blind spot of the world". But it was because I didn't have a plan that I was able to go with the flow to attend a Bangladeshi wedding and have a wonderful trip.

Step 4 make more friends

Still in Croatia, I spent my "Dragon Boat Festival in the third season around the world" in a youth hostel with an Anglo-American multinational couple, a Korean sister and a German brother.

5. Have a chance to talk to yourself.

When I was alone in santorini, the world-recognized honeymoon destination, I felt the malice of the whole universe towards single dog, but I realized more clearly that I was really not ready for that kind of life.

6. Do something "crazy" in a place where no one knows you.

For example, I wash my hair in the bathroom of Dunhuang Railway Station. .......

Of course, sometimes some objective practical problems can also contribute to a successful solo trip.

For example, being together is really picky. We are afraid that the relationship in our daily life is super ferromagnetic, and we will accidentally tear it up during our trip, thus avoiding many invitations to try to form a pair with you, escaping from it, going to see poems and friends far away.

For example, your horoscope is suitable, but your holiday is not. You would rather have nothing than you, so you just embarked on a journey alone.

For another example, in some places, I really need to go on a pilgrimage alone, just like my first trip to Japan.

Pay attention to comprehensive articles

(1) If you don't have much travel experience, you must do enough travel strategies, and you can't travel just by calculating where to go.

This is especially important when you are not good at English or can't speak the local language and have to travel long distances.

(2) If English is poor, you need to download an offline Chinese-English (or local language) translation software for translation;

(3) Don't be too exposed when going out;

(4) It is best not to go out too late at night. Go to crowded places and don't go to some remote places;

(5) If you must go to the night street at night, try not to take a taxi or Uber (especially in India) and use public transportation;

(6) Don't hide your money. Put some necessary money on you, but not too much. Be sure to take good care of your belongings and don't be too careless;

(7) Certificates and important articles must be carried with you, and may not be kept in the hotel or entrusted to others;

(8) Always be wary of strangers who are too enthusiastic about you;

(9) If you don't have enough travel experience, don't be greedy for cheap hitchhiking;

(10) If I don't have enough travel experience, I don't recommend making a couch potato, because it will do no harm to girls.

(1 1) Usually I have a middle finger on the ring finger of my right hand (this is especially applicable when traveling abroad). In case of harassment, I usually extend my middle finger to tell those men that I am married and ask them to respect others and themselves. At the same time, this method is also an invisible warning ... This method is particularly effective;

(12) Be sure to take some common medicines (such as cold, fever, diarrhea ...) when you go out.

(13) You need to bring a universal adapter when traveling abroad. If you bring a universal adapter, you will need it all over the world in the future.

(14) In fact, if a girl wants to go on alone, she must always keep a strong heart and deal with many unexpected things at any time.

Buddhist countries (especially India)

(1) Don't wear too revealing clothes, people in these countries can't accept it;

(2) Don't fight Uber in India, especially in India, where Uber drivers have been raped many times;

(3) There are many thieves in India, so be sure to pay attention to your belongings;

(4) If you mainly take a non-air-conditioned ordinary sleeper (SL) or seat during the whole journey, you should bring or buy a chain locally and lock your luggage under the sleeper at night to avoid theft.

(5) You'd better put your shoes away when you sleep at night by train, or you'll find them missing the next morning.

(6) Don't be greedy to visit some slums, where people are not very friendly.

(7) Never touch Indian food, shake hands or say hello with your left hand ... otherwise it will be considered a great insult to you.

(8) The Indian government will install drinking water facilities on the streets. If you are not used to drinking and are afraid of diarrhea, buy bottled water!

(9) Most hotels, temples and public places in India do not provide boiled water. If you need boiled water for instant noodles, tea and coffee, please bring your own kettle.

(10) If you are not used to local food, you'd better bring your own dry food or instant noodles, or go to McDonald's or KFC.

Middle East (Islamic countries)

(1) Remember to bring a headscarf, trousers and long-sleeved clothes when going out (men are not allowed to wear shorts or shirtless in public);

(2) Some Islamic countries do not need to wear long-sleeved clothes if they are not too strict, but they must wear robes distributed by temples when entering temples;

(3) Generally, married local men will not take the initiative to ask for a photo with you, but young unmarried boys will take the initiative to ask for a photo with you. If you think it's okay, take a picture, otherwise you can refuse. They are mainly curious and like to communicate with foreigners and take photos;

(4) Don't have too much physical contact with men and don't shake hands;

(5) Don't exchange foreign currency in the street, but go to a regular exchange point;

I tried to exchange foreign currency (black market) on the streets of Tehran, although there was no problem. In fact, I don't like changing money on the street either, but I really couldn't find an exchange point at that time and had to do it on the street.

(6) Drinking is not allowed in other places or streets except in apartments or hotels with rooms.

(7) Don't eat anything that is not halal in front of people. It's easy to get scolded, but anything can happen.

(8) When taking the subway or bus, remember to get into the trunk of the lady. If you can't remember it for a while, the problem won't be too big (because you are a foreigner), but there will be many strange eyes looking at you;

(9) The most annoying thing is that their rest day is Friday (and some special holidays), which I never remember, and I can't do many important things, such as booking air tickets, taking some buses in remote mountainous areas, going to the bank and calling the public telephone company. ......

South America. See AMERICA

(1) South American countries generally speak Spanish, while Brazil speaks Portuguese, most of which are famous religions;

(2) Public security in South American countries is not very good. Try not to act alone. When you take the bus, prepare the change in advance to avoid taking out your bag. Put valuables in the hotel safe when you check in;

(3) There is a great disparity between the rich and the poor in South America, and there are many unemployed people. The public security situation is not optimistic, and theft and robbery occur from time to time. Please pay attention to personal safety and property safety;

(4) Please try not to carry valuables and a lot of cash, and don't show cash or valuables in the street or crowded places to avoid being followed;

(5) In case of theft or accident, please immediately notify the local police or China embassies and consulates abroad through the tour guide, and handle the loss or theft of documents;

(6) Just in case, please take 1 two-inch color photo, passport copy and visa page with you. In case of robbery, try to run to a crowded place. If you can't escape, you'd better not resist strongly. In order to protect your own safety, you should immediately hand over the appropriate amount of cash to the other party, and try to remember the personal characteristics, time and place of the hijacker, and call the police or the nearest police station as soon as possible.

(7) South Americans are used to adding odorless soda to water when drinking water. If you don't like soda water, please specify mineral water.

(8) The hotel does not provide boiled water, and tap water is not suitable for raw drinking. It is best to bring your own electric kettle if you want to drink hot boiled water. In view of environmental problems, the hotel does not provide slippers, toothbrushes and other personal toiletries, so you need to bring your own;

Africa

(1) Before traveling to Africa, you must take a vaccination against yellow fever and malaria in China, and bring the injection certificate and related preventive drugs. If you only go to South Africa for ten or eight days, you can avoid this;

(2) Whether mosquitoes are provoked or not, you should bring anti-mosquito drugs;

(3) Most parts of Africa are relatively safe, mainly because there are many thieves, so take good care of your important articles;

(4) As for vicious incidents such as kidnapping and shooting, they mainly occur in areas where there are anti-government, armed forces, wars and ethnic and tribal conflicts (don't worry too much about this);

(5) Don't use your left hand when greeting (a popular way of greeting in Africa-raising your right hand and palm to the other person means "I don't have a stone in my hand", which is a symbol of friendship);

(6) In Africa, the so-called Africans do not refer to all Africans, but to a specific group, namely South Africans and Dutch-born whites. So those African aborigines, when they are called Africans by others, openly express their disgust;

In Africa, if you shake hands weakly, it is called "impolite" and you are insincere.

They believe that the degree of exertion is directly proportional to the degree of goodwill of the other party, and it is best to feel numb and painful when holding hands;

(8) In Algeria, women are forbidden to walk alone and can only act privately when shopping. They think that a woman wandering around alone is an act of losing her character. As a lady, you can never do such a thing. Of course, it is impossible for them to enter restaurants and theaters alone;